Less than half the population of Africa are not receiving the health services they need, with vulnerable groups including gay and disabled people left behind, says a report.
Apr 1, 2021
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In looking at the broader impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing, public health experts are examining screening rates for cancer. A new study looking at U.S. mammography screening rates during the first five ...
Mar 31, 2021
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"You can't fix what you don't measure" is a maxim in the business world. And it holds true in the world of public health as well.
Mar 31, 2021
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X-rays, first used clinically in the late 1890s, could be a leading-edge diagnostic tool for COVID-19 patients with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a team of researchers in Brazil. They used machine learning ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Supersized alcopops are ready-to-drink flavored alcoholic beverages with high alcohol content that are disproportionately consumed by underage drinkers. There can be up to 5.5 standard alcoholic drinks in a single 24 ounce ...
Mar 25, 2021
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A team of researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found more evidence of cognitive dysfunction in many "long haul," non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients. In their paper published in the journal ...
A single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine produces a much weaker antibody response in long-term care residents than it does in younger healthy adults, new research has found.
Mar 25, 2021
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Fears of contracting COVID-19 are preventing people accessing vital health services, experts say.
Mar 25, 2021
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With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people.
Mar 24, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million infections and 147,000 deaths as of early 2021. Yet even as mortality rates in the ...
Mar 23, 2021
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